DOJ reverses course, will now defend Trump executive orders targeting law firms
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The Justice Dept. said in a court filing it seeks to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss appeals of court decisions invalidating executive orders targeting four law firms.
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Politics Justice Department reverses course and now intends to defend Trump's executive orders targeting law firms By Sarah N. Lynch , Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C. Read Full Bio Sarah N. Lynch , Melissa Quinn , Melissa Quinn Senior Reporter, Politics Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Read Full Bio Melissa Quinn , Jacob Rosen Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." Read Full Bio Jacob Rosen March 3, 2026 / 12:44 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — The Justice Department is walking back its move to end its appeals of lower-court decisions that invalidated President Trump's executive orders targeting four law firms — just hours after it said it would drop its defense of the directives. The Justice Department informed the U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that it is now seeking to withdraw its request to voluntarily dismiss the appeals. Lawyers for the four firms oppose the move, calling it an "unexplained about-face," according to the filing. Representatives for the firms, Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The reversal from the Justice Department comes less than 24 hours after government lawyers said in a filing that they would be moving to voluntarily dismiss the department's appeals of the four lower court decisions that struck down Mr. Trump's executive orders as unconstitutional. The motion to end the case was signed by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, a top Justice Department official. The J...
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